Word: triumph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie as a whole, it fatally undermines the American romantic vision of the frontier West. Carradine's half-drawn gun technically fulfills the requirements of frontier etiquette, but it's a false fulfillment--a fraud. And so, Altman is suggesting, are the conventions of the Western. Justice didn't triumph on the frontier, brutality and greed did, and that's the real story of the growth of America...
...your TV set watching the World Series and waiting to see the fans in Yankee Stadium rip up half the outfield, infield, and pitcher's mound. Or perhaps you're waiting to see Steve Garvey modestly praise God and Country as he courteously accepts accolades for the Dodgers' triumph...
...bill is approved by the House, where another rugged battle is expected, it will only partly relieve the nation's energy problems. Despite Carter's cries of triumph, the bill is far different from what he originally proposed. The legislation he put forward last year in response to his own declaration of a "moral equivalent of war" actually called for the continued regulation of gas prices, whereas the final version is a complex formula for gradual deregulation by 1985. Even its supporters gave it a grade of C minus; opponents flunk it outright...
...moment of triumph for Premier Menachem Begin, but the struggle had clearly taken some toll of the doughty old Zionist warrior. At 3:33 a.m. last Thursday Knesset Speaker Yitzhak Shamir announced the results of a roll call vote on a resolution approving the Camp David peace accords: 84 yes, 19 no, 17 abstentions. His tie uncharacteristically askew, a jubilant but obviously exhausted Begin embraced Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin and two of his key aides, Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Defense Minister Ezer Weizman. Next day Begin-who has a history of heart trouble-was taken to a Jerusalem hospital...
...producers have scoured the world for authentic locations, and Schaffner has shot the hell out of them; he seems to like using mirrors to enhance his imagery. One particularly admires Mengele's experimental station, which is up some jungle river in South America. It's a minor triumph of art direction...